Looking Back
HOT GALLERY: Celeb Musicians and Their Famous Kids, Then and Now
Parents often want their kids to go into the family business. There are father and son quarterbacks, and father and son combos in all sorts of sports. When your mom or dad is in the music business, you don't always follow in the parental footsteps. Then again, sometimes you do. Here are a variety of then-and-now photos of famous music superstars and their kids, many of whom have music careers of their own and a few who went a different route. By Brett Singer
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Chaz and Sonny Bono—Today
Chastity Bono is now Chaz Bono, and his mother is, of course, the musical (and everything else) icon Cher, who began her career with a man named Sonny Bono. They had a TV show called The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, and Sonny eventually became a politician, getting elected to the House of Representatives before his death in a skiing accident in 1998. Chaz has not followed his parents into music, choosing instead to focus on writing and activism. And also Dancing with the Stars, of course. Chaz’s interview on The Howard Stern Show was absolutely riveting; here’s a clip.
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